Positive Leadership from the Science of Happiness

Originally recorded May 16, 2023

After the events of the past few years, the need for self-care has never been greater. The SPIRE Happiness Framework for leaders is a holistic model of dealing with stress and creating happiness utilizing the following five elements:

S: spiritual wellbeing
P: physical wellbeing
I: intellectual wellbeing
R: relational wellbeing
E: emotional wellbeing

In this 60-minute interactive session you will:

Learn key principles underlying each of the five SPIRE elements;
Explore practices and manageable action steps to incorporate these principles into your professional life; and
Identify practices to implement in your organization in order to positively impact your staff members.

Leave with a set of actions that you can implement immediately to reduce anxiety and help bring greater happiness and fulfillment into your life.

Speakers: Astrid Baumgardner, President, Astrid Baumgardner Coaching + Training; Lecturer on Careers in Music, Yale School of Music; Previous Board Chair, Co-Chair, and Vice-Chair; American Composers Orchestra; and Board Member, Opera America

Who Should Watch?

Anyone interested in actions that can improve self-care and reduce anxiety.

Cost

$20 for members
$35 for non-members

About the Speaker

Photo courtesy of the speaker

Astrid Baumgardner (she/her)
President, Astrid Baumgardner Coaching + Training; Lecturer on Careers in Music, Yale School of Music; Previous Board Chair, Co-Chair, and Vice-Chair; American Composers Orchestra; and Board Member, Opera America

Astrid Baumgardner loves helping creative people to be successful! A lawyer, career coach, speaker and author of the book, Creative Success Now, she teaches creativity and career entrepreneurship at Yale University’s School of Music . A professional speaker, Ms. Baumgardner recently gave a TEDx talk on Cracking the Code on Creativity: The Secret to Full-Blast Living.

As president of her coaching company, Astrid Baumgardner
Coaching+Training, Ms. Baumgardner works with arts leaders who want to be authentic, powerful leaders and professional musicians and creative entrepreneurs who want career success and happier, more fulfilling lives. She coaches and guest lectures on creative success at conservatories and summer festivals including The Juilliard School, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Sō Percussion Summer Institute and Idyllwild Arts. She also conducts leadership training workshops at Opera America and Ensemble Connect, the teaching artist academy at Carnegie Hall. A lifelong amateur pianist and champion of new music, she holds leadership roles at the boards of the American Composers Orchestra, Sō Percussion and Opera America. Ms. Baumgardner lives in New York City where she enjoys the diversity of cultures and the lively performing arts scene. For more information, please visit her website.

Questions?

Please contact Member Services at member@americanorchestras.org.

This webinar is made possible by generous grants from American Express, the Baisley Powell Elebash Fund, the Howard Gilman Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.